Today is International Women’s Day.

It is a day adopted by the United Nations in 1977 to celebrate the progress made towards achieving gender equality, women’s empowerment and also to critically reflect on those accomplishments and strive for a greater momentum near gender equality worldwide.

This year’s celebration, which has its theme as “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’, is in recognition of the women and girls, who are leading the charge on climate adaptation response and to honour their leadership and contributions towards a sustainable future.

In his goodwill message to women across the globe, the chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Anambra State Council, Comrade Dr. Emeka Odogwu, encouraged women to motivate younger generation of women by engaging them in whatever they do as a way to consciously mentor them to effectively play their roles in future .

Comrade Dr. Odogwu, who urge women to continue to celebrate selves irrespective of all odds, said that younger generation of women should be taught to know that womanhood do not stop at marriage, pedicure and manicure but usefulness to the family and society.

He made women to know that the era of noisy message of gender equality do not turn things around for them but the ability to show class at what they do and being able to work together with men in making a better society will eliminate all forms of gender biases in the society.

Comrade Dr. Odogwu also noted that women should be aware that gender balance is not solely a women’s issue but also an economic issue hence, women should champion the cause of other women particularly those without help in rural communities.

The Anambra State NUJ Chairman, however charged women to champion education of others and help fight abuse of drugs and alcohol as well as unwanted pregnancy among teenage girls.

Correspondent Ebele Ezeh reports that Comrade Dr. Odogwu concluded by asking women not to allow younger women to wallow in ignorance for so long but make conscious efforts of picking them to be mentored from younger days of their school or after youth service.

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